SELF-CONCEPT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UPPER BASIC SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
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2013-10
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Social Studies Association of Nigeria
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The study examined Self-concept and academic performance of Upper basic
secondary school Social Studies students in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study
employed descriptive survey design. The population for this study consisted of
students of Social Studies in public Upper Basic Schools in Kwara State and the
sample for the study consisted of schools that had been presenting candidates for
Junior School Certificate Examination (JSCE). The result showed that there was a
significant relationship between self-concept and the academic performance of
Social Studies students (r=.427). The study concluded that the factors determining
the formation of the self-concept of an individual are: the environment, the people
with whom the individual lives and who plays a very crucial role in the molding of
individual's behaviours.
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Abdulsalam, A. A.; Jimoh, M.I. & Rasheed, A.S. (2013). Self-concept and academic performance of upper basic secondary school social studies students in Kwara State, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Social Studies.16 (2), 211-223. Published by Social Studies Association of Nigeria